Survey: Third of students reluctant to seek help for mental health issues


Survey: Third of students reluctant to seek help for mental health issues

By Naaz Modan 
k12dive.com
3 min


Dive Brief:

  • Almost a third of students who considered visiting a school counselor, school-based therapist or school psychologist about issues outside of career services said they ended up not doing so because they didn't think their issues "were big enough to bother someone with" or felt like they would be judged, according to a nationally representative survey from Springtide Research Institute.

  • In the same survey of 4,038 teens and young adults, 45% said they hesitate to see a therapist because their parents don’t take their concerns seriously, 53% said they wouldn't want their parents to know they were meeting with a school counselor or therapist, and 51% said they fear school staff might treat them differently or give them fewer opportunities at school.

  • The results are among the latest in a growing body of research pointing to the COVID-19 pandemic’s toll on student mental health and school connectedness, as well as stigma surrounding treatment for mental well-being.

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